Exodus 18:1-12 is a good ol’ fashioned “I once was lost, but now I’m found” story of one man’s conversion to faith/loyalty to the one true God. Moses’ treatment of his father-in-law Jethro shows us much about how to care for and relate to those we love who aren’t enjoying a personal relationship with that same God through Jesus Christ.

Moses:
<> cares for Jethro through hospitality,
<> honors him (bowing down to greet him),
<> speaks to him of God’s care for His people (all that the Lord had done to Pharaoh for Israel’s sake)
<> vulnerably tells him that being loved by and following God can be hard (all the hardship that had come upon them in the way)
<> speaks again to him of God’s care for His people (how the Lord delivered them)